Guarding goal Thursday ...

With days to go until the 4 Nations Face-Off and days after more big trades, the NHL power rankings have the same No. 1 squad after a tight matchup.

The Jets, who led the ranking for several weeks early in the season, bumped last week’s leader, the Washington Capitals, back to second place the old fashioned way – by defeating them head to head.

In today’s links, Habs one of the teams inquiring about Cozens, Evans’s best trade fit, Carrier says Habs need to simplify their game, Demidov looking like a future superstar, Dobes’s leaps of ...